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A Short Walk in a Rainforest


- une petite promenade
dans la forȇt tropicale -

a guitar solo by Richard Charlton

for Jose Maria Gallardo del Rey

Commissioned by Adrian Walter with the assistance of the Darwin International


Guitar Festival 1997 and the Charles Darwin University in the Northern Territory,
Australia. Premiered by Jose Maria Gallardo del Rey at the XXVIIeme Semaine
Internationale de Guitare de Paris - Maison de Radio France. 17th October 1996.
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© 96 Charlton Music PO. Box 405 Edgecliff NSW. 2027 Australia
PERFORMANCE NOTES:-

A very free and lyrical approach may be adopted. The interpretation


should try to convey the dual feelings of calm and excitement that one
might feel at being alone in a Rainforest!

The first bar should sound like the raucous noise of birds as they are
disturbed and fly up into the canopy, . . . . . . . then silence and calm!

The first Harmonic in bar 5 should ring over the second a little.

Bar 12 should start very softly and a bit slower, speeding up to bar 17
(more raucous bird sounds!)

The quintuplet in bar 21 is more like two quavers and a triplet.

The sextuplet arpeggios in the Cantilena must be "played" (ie not strummed)
- a suggestion is:- (P,P,P, i,m,a,a,m,i,P,P,P)

This work is dedicated to

Jose Maria Gallardo del Rey


& Robert J.Vidal

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The copyright of this music remains the property of the composer and its
reproduction by any means whatsoever is prohibited © Charlton Music 1996
Commissioned by
To Jose Maria Gallardo del Rey
Adrian Walter
A Short Walk in a Rainforest
(une petite promenade dans la forêt tropicale)

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R. Charlton © 96
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-A Short Walk in a Rainforest -

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-A Short Walk in a Rainforest -

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Richard Charlton - Vaucluse, May 5th 1996

© Charlton Music 96
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